| Dodger Stadium | 5/22-5/24 |
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1964-PHI (19-17) 4th | @ |
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1963-LA (23-13) 2nd |
| 4 | L-Dave Bennett (4-4, 4.05) | @ | 5 | R-Don Drysdale (5-1, 3.28) |
| 1 | R-Jim Bunning (6-0, 1.71) | @ | 0 | L-Sandy Koufax (5-1, 2.70) |
| 2 | L-Chris Short (2-0, 2.47) | @ | 1 | L-Pete Richert (0-2, 8.14) |
Scouting Report:
Phils: Lost 2 of 3 to the 1st place Giants. All three were very close games. Bunning won the opener in dominant fashion and improved to 6-0. He'll face Koufax in game 2, which is sure to be a great old fashioned pitcher's duel.
Dodgers: Swept the Mets, but needed some late inning theatrics in 2 of the 3 games. Must win game 2, since that is the one toss up game in the series. The smart money favors Drysdale in the opener and Chris Short in the finale. Pete Richert has been terrible. Wills hasn't gotten his legs in gear with only 6 steals.
Pre-game:
Game 1: Welcome to Dodger Stadium for today's game between
Philadelphia and Los Angeles (N). Dennis Bennett takes the mound for
Philadelphia. He's made 9 starts on the year and is 4 and 4 with an ERA of
4.05. He'll be opposed by Don Drysdale. He's made 9 starts on the year and
is 5 and 1 with an ERA of 3.28. It's 71 degrees.
Game 2: Welcome to Dodger Stadium for today's game between
Philadelphia and Los Angeles (N). Jim Bunning will start for Philadelphia.
He's made 8 starts on the year and is 6 and 0 with an ERA of 1.71. He'll be
opposed by Sandy Koufax. He's made 7 starts on the year and is 5 and 1 with
an ERA of 2.70. Los Angeles (N) left fielder Tommy Davis is riding a 10 game
hitting streak. It's 71 degrees, wind speed 5 mph, in from lf.
Game 3: No Pre-game Show.
Series Results:
Phillies 2, Dodgers 1: Just what you'd expect from these two teams, 3
one run games and two
classic
pitcher's duels. Game 1 went to LA as Drysdale had just enough to eek
out a 5-4 win. Game 2 saw one of the ages as Bunning out dueled Koufax.
Bunning struck out 10 and Koufax was equally as brilliant. Neither
pitcher gave up an earned run (Philly scored on an error. Game 3 saw
Chris Short give up 1 run and Pete Richert give up only 2 as he finally rose
to the occasion a control the opposition. Philly won it in the 11th as
Dodger catcher Doug Camilli threw the ball into centerfield on Roy Sievers
SB attempt, which allowed an unearned run to score. Tommy Davis had a
10 game hitting streak snapped in game 2, but his batting average is still
up in the .360's. LA is in sole possession of 2nd place 3 back of SF.
PBP Highlights:
Roseboro's second error of the day costs Koufax the ballgame: Bunning
digs in against
Koufax runner on 2nd Koufax gets the sign from Roseboro 1-2 count fastball
Bunning swings.. a dribbler in front of the plate Roseboro fields it tosses
to first in the dirt Fairly knocks it down but Bunning will be safe Cater
scores and it's into the dugout Bunning ends up at second.
Ruben Amaro is Mr. 2 Out Cluch: Amaro now batting batting .500 with runners in scoring position and two out .. runner on 2nd the first delivery from Richert Amaro cuts.. lined towards right center it's a base hit Gonzalez rounds third he's heading for home Howard's throw Amaro is heading for second Gonzalez dives for home Camilli with the tag safe! Amaro moves to second 2nd.
Boxscores:
Los Angeles (N) Edges Philadelphia 5-4
Bunning Blanks Los Angeles (N) 1-0, Bunning Ks 10
Philadelphia Edges Los Angeles (N) 2-1 in 11
Managers:
Phillies (Marc Weiss), Dodgers (George Bserani)
Dropping 2 games to the Mets is not a good way to keep in a pennant race.
Roger Craig gave up 3 runs in 6 innings and left the first game on the
losing side of the ledger. The Mets rallied to score 1 in the 7th and
1 in the 9th to overcome Houston and take the opener. Craig Anderson
notched his 3rd save of the season as he came on to work a 1-2-3 ninth
inning. Norm Larker and Roman Mejias homered for the losers.
Game 2 saw Al Jackson get knocked around again. The only relief he got
was a 51 minute rain delay in the 4th. Turk Farrell won his 5th and
didn't do much damage to his league leading ERA total. The 3rd game
saw Jay Hook cruise to his 5th win, which is almost half the Mets' season
total, as the Amazin's destroyed Houston 15-3. Houston starter Ken
Johnson had nothing in his right arm as he was torched for 11 runs in 4 1/3
innings. NY scored 5 in the opening frame and 8 in the 5th, when the
finally knocked Johnson from the box. The finale was a 2-1 pitcher's
duel that saw Houston's George "Red" Witt come out on top of NY's hardluck
Bob Miller. Witt singled home the game winner in the 4th..
Witt
gets GWRBI after Chiti's error allows Ranew to go to 3rd: 2nd runner on
1st Miller,B gets the sign the first pitch from Miller,B fastball Ranew is
going it's a ball Chiti guns to 2nd awful throw and it sneaks past Chacon!
Ranew ends up at third! that's an error on Chiti 3rd Witt now at bat runner
on 3rd count is full split finger Witt swings.. it's grounded between third
and short that's a base hit Ranew scores Thomas,F retrieves it and fires it
back in Witt rounds first and holds
Braves napping to take 3 of 4 after losing the opener. Gibson rose to
the occasion in the finale and K'd 10 Brave hitters. Even Ernie
Broglio was able to tab a win. Brave catcher Del Crandall had his 12
game hitting streak ended in the second game.
series from the Pirates and barely losing in 11 in the final game.
Juan Marichal tossed a complete game shutout in the opener en route to his
10th win of the season. Marichal is the first pitcher to hit double
digits in the Senior Circuit after throwing an impressive 2 hitter.
Not to be outdone, Bill O'Dell blanked the Bucs 6-0 in the 3rd game.